Loom bumper



Patented Dec. 7, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LOOM BUMPER Mack HenryHolcombe, Scottdale, Ga. Application February 18, 1946, Serial No.648,317 1 Claim. (Cl. 139-166) This invention relates to improvements inthe right hand bumper for automatic looms.

In devising my invention I have aimed to provide a bumper which may beeasily applied to and detached from the loom, which will be durable andgive support to the picker stick guide on the automatic loom.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is an elevation showing a sucient portion of the right handside of the loom to illustrate the application of my invention, whileFig. 2 is a top section detailed. Fig. 3 represents the end sectiondetailed.

Referring by reference characters to the drawings, the numeral 2designates a picker stick guide used on automatic looms and 9 the pickerstick in the customary position in the loom.

The numeral I designates the cast iron core of the bumper. The core l isformed of cast metal and provided with a bolt hole 4 for bolt 3 to passthrough the picker stick guide, bumper, and lay sword of loom for whichthe bumper is made secure to the loom, which with the countersunk partof picker stick guide 5 in which bolt head 3 is out of the way so thatthe outgoing quill will not be tripped on the transfer of the loom.

The numeral 8 designates strips of leather that are so bound aroundbumper core l, and made secure in this position by bolt and nut 6. This2 padding of leather 8 is so designed to take up the shock of the pickerstick.

By this construction it will readily be seen that the bumper may quicklybe applied to the loom and by reason of its simple construction will bevery durable. Further, as the only parts which will wear and have to bereplaced are the strips of leather, these may be quickly removed andreplaced at any time.

I claim:

In a loom having a picker stick, a picker stick bumper comprising a castiron body having top, bottom and end portions, a plurality of layers ofleather carried by said body, at least one of said layers covering thetop, bottom and one end portion, there being a plurality of layerscovering said one end portion, the body being secured to the loom insuch position that said one end portion is struck by the picker stick atthe end of its inward movement.

MACK HENRY HOLCOMBE. REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in the le of this patent:

